Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-12-16


setting forth theexperiences Of the "Besieged
Resident" -. . ~
II is understood that Mr.. Labouchere holds
. controlling interest in this paper, which is
the leading Liberal organ, but Of course he is
more widely known as the man who made
Truth, that famous periodical which initiated
personal journalism and put the great "I" in
place Of the editorial tive" Mr.. Labouchere
= in parliament for Northampton, having
for his colleague Bradlaugh, the atheist. Mr..
1abouchere has given and taken plenty Of
hard hitting in his time. BE is radical in the
extreme, and yet for all he is one of the
Prince of Wales set, that coterie of good fel
lows who serve to amuse the fat man who
possibly may succeed to the present queen
and empress who has just held her jubilee.
4r. Laboucheres country house is built on
the site Of Pope's villa, at Twickenham, and
the grounds front on the silver Thames for
some 800 feet. There are terraces, rookeries
and grotto or tunnel decked with some
rather inferior statuary, which is relic of
the original villa once occupied by the author
Of 'Dunciad," and now the abode of his
natural successor, pursuant to the fashion of
the day.
PEN PICTURE OF ss1ABBY."
Mr.. Labouchere was out, so my punt was
moored, in front of his water wall until
trim maid notified me that her master was at
home and at leisure. Then landed at the
boat house, climbed some old wooden steps,
at the top of which T was greeted by big
black retriever and a pretty little child, who
directed me up divers terraces to where Mr.
Labouchere awaited me on the gallery.
This vor.andq is vo1~xy r,roftv. 80 about A
by 10 feet, completely arched in by foliage,
while through three large logic of alcoves
you look over the river and the low country
on the other side. Three or four wicker
chairs and footstools lay around. In one of
these sat a somewhat undersized man with
cropped beard just beginning to grizzle He
was dressed in a rough suit Of tweed, and the
disposition of plain gold chain showed that
he carried his watch in an outside pocket.
He was putting cigarette held in a plain
wooden holder, worth perhaps four cents,
and it may be interesting for some to know
that he wore a pair of elastic side boots very
much the worse for wear He is a Quiet
looking little man, with q come what-will-I-
am-content air about him, freedom of
thought and language very uncommon in the
Old World, and withal one could perceive
under the quiet ease of his manner the spirit
of one who could hold fast and hit hard
Most men have their counterpart in the ami
NAL world, and Henry Labouchere strikingly
reminds me of a chunky, well bred fox ter
rier that looks too lazy for anything as he
lies in the sun, but can show lots of character
whenever any of his natural foes chance in
his way He has the same sideways set of
the head that Valet or Raby Mixer show
when interested.
We got chatting about one thing and an
other until the stated objects of our interview
were touched upon. Mr.. Labouchere was of
opinion that civil servant should be allowed
all fair political rights, provided the exercise
thereof did not interfere with the discharge
Of his official duties, but where or how to
draw the line, he declared, was a difficult
matter. ''ln theory with us every civil ser
want is free to act as he chooses" said he, and
then, with exquisite simplicity, added: "But
somehow or other if man works hard for
his party and doesn't win he doesn't get on
very well; in fact not at ALL"
JOURNALISM IN GENERAL.
We got talking about journalism in gen
eral. He said:
''The one great difficulty of the daily
papers in London is The absence of any sys-
tenn of distribution outside that of the Smith
monopoly. So long as Sunday is strictly OBJ
served there will be no Sunday edition Of the
great dailies, because they could not get rid
Of them when they were printed.n
I touched Oh signed journalism when
man gets the credit of his work, and Mr. La
bouchere, as newspaper proprietor, said he
didn't want to make man and then have
that man own his maker
He further said: ''The run of journalists in
London have pretty hard time; there are so
many amateurs of good education and half
leisure who are willing to do special work
and articles for the mere pleasure OF seeing
their copy in type, while on the other hand
there is an eminent superabundance of the
ordinary reporter, who, by the way, is very
inferior animal to his American comrade."
He told me how Truth had been success
and paid from the first number. Henry La
bouchere, Esq, was pretty well known among
the literary fraternity before it was pub
ished, and when it was announced that he,
who stood somewhere between Bob Ingerson,
Dave Hill and Tom Ochiltree, intended not
to tell lies any more, there was unanimous
and tremendous howl of derision over the
length and breadth of the land. So they made
jokes about him and his truthful organ all
VI WulCu uuly duFeIUlSSu blle paper, SO GnaG
folks bought it out of curiosity, and for
long time decent Philistines studied it's pages,
but only behind locked DOORS Even today
there are plenty of Pharisees and Sadducees
who wouldn't touch the paper with pair of
tongs or say SO until their dearest foe gets a
slashing.
Mr.. Labouchere is pretty much Of law to
himself. As such he has managed to make a
good deal of moving in the ways of the
world; he has mended many small mischiefs
in social life; he has been grand guerrilla
in advance of Gen. Gladstone; he has created
new school of journalism, and his influence
will be more lasting than even his most ar
dent admirers can conceive.-London Cor
New York Mail and Express.
Grief Too Great for Utterance.
Professor Clayton tells of thrilling ex-
perience. At Ruby City, while looking over
q claim to determine the most favorable
place to prospect for q blind ledge, an extern